The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-12
sippi River, with the exception OF the New
Enrland States is covered with snow.


Oh account of the ice, which Is reported
five inches thick, and in many PAGES
packed 10 a thickness OF more than one
foot.
Tie election for county officers in Au-
~us;a. Ga, held on Wednesday resulted IN
tic choice OF The administration CANDIDATES.
Charges of bribery and other improper
means are freely made.
A Republican Legislative caucus of Penn.
sylv:.nG nominated Mathew ). quay. OF
Ph!!adelphi&. to succeed Mitchell IN the
United States Senate. This IS equal 10 an
! rlec.;o
he Delta Kappa Epsilon is in session III
Washington, in annual convention. lnere
are II chapters in the fraternity, of which
- are represented in the convention by
&hcat 100 delegrles.
Prof. Joseph Tasso the celebrated violin
Isl, died at his home in Covington. Ky,
! Yesterday, in the Sjth year Of his age. de
was the author of that quaint melody,
Arkansas Traveller.
Laura Narley. of ST. Louis, was burned
TO Gcith on wednesday. She was ASSAULT
ed by negro in her room and IN trying to
escape from him she fell against redhot
stove. receiving fatal burns.
; The Committee on Rivers aud Harhors
; has not vet acted on the bill to appropriate
! $500, 900 for the improvement OF Charles.
ton harbor Mr.. Willis. the Chairman OF
the Committee, says he thinks Sl00,O0O
would be liberal appropriation.
The boiler in a mill at Elwood, Indiana.
exploded recently, killing Engineer Del
Lvst and the miller. Joseph Reid. The
houses We're wrecked and the mill scat
tered wide.
Rid;nour was indicted recently at Win
chester. Va. for the murder OF Broy. the
Young man whose body was found mutt
lated and hidden under the leaves in a
! dense wood.
! gas explosion occurred at Walkers
carriage factory, corner of Wabash avenue
and Harrison street. Chicago, and seven
tirtmcn. in cxtinguishing the flames, were
almost suifocated,
Fire at Dartmouth, n H., Monday night,
DESTROYED the Dartmouth Hotel, in which
it originated. and the greater part of the
! business section Of the town. Loss Tl30,-
COO. with very little insurance.
The Republican legislative caucus at
Carson. Nevada, ON Tuesday, selected Wm.
VI. Stewart rs nominee for United States
Senator. As the Legislature is Republican,
Stcwarts election is assured.
Tn the North Carolina House of Repre-
se:.atives John K. Webster the nominee OF
Tie Independent Democrats, was elected
| Speaker by vote of 50 TO 81 A Rcpubli
can was elected chief clerk. The organiza-
ton Of the Senate is Democratic.
The harbor appropriation bill contains
The folowin" items for South Carolina
! Charleston harbor (including Sullrans
| Islandl, $50. .0Og: Great Pedcc river. $40,
OGI!: Santcc river. $4,000; Waccamaw,
So .030
The suit OF Rev. W. W. Downs against
the Bowdoin Square Baptist Church. Of
Boston, Mass, tor arrearagcs Of salaries
due Us pastor. has been decided in the
plaintiffs favor, but the amount of award
is as yet to be determined.
Representative Farquhar, on the part OF
the Printers Union Of New York, is con
duclinG fight against the confirmation of
| Public Printer Benedicts appointment,
upon the ground that Benedict is not d
practical printer.
Gov. Hill, OF New York, in his annual
message to the Legislature, recommended
the establishment of some permanent sys-
TEN for the employment Of convict labor
other than the contract system or auy plan
which is equivalent to il.
The cold wave extends from the Lakes
10 the valley of Mexico. At Chicago the
mercury ranged yesterday morning from
to j. degrees below zero. In Watertown,
n y, TIC thermometer registered 40 de-
srccs below zero.
". ". Watkins, aged Il, employed as a
printer in Cincinnati, was charged with
cmbezzling some money. He acknowledged
the offense. and before he could be stopped
swallowed prussic acid and died instantly.
He bore good character.
The joint convention of the State Legis,
laturc Of Connecticut assembled to elect
State officers owing to failure Of the popu.
lar vote 70 give any candidate majority.
Tie result of the ballcting was the election
of the Republican candidates.
\ dynamite cartridge was exploded in
the mani hole of the Larkin street branch
OF the Sutter street cable road at San Fran
cisco. The track was torn up and window
pancs in the vicinity shattered. No one
was huct.
A natural gas explosion at Youngstown
| DESTROYED the new Andrews block and four
other buildings Thomas Brannigan, aged
u wears was crematei, and several others
are reported missing The loss will De over
100000
4 special from Chattanooga, Tennessee,
says 4 construction train on the Alabama
Great Southern road was wrecked Tuesday
morning, Engineer Dewes and Fireman
Fowler were killed. The engine struck Il
COW, left the rails and went down IN en-
hankmcnt
Wm. p. Pearson. WHO pleaded guilty to
cmbexlins $50, ,OGO of the property of the
American Baptist Publication Society Of
Philadelphia uy whom he was employed
as cashier and chief book-kecper. was SEN
fenced to the pententiary for two years
and six months.
\ committee on behalf of the laity of
the Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
Philadelphia diocese has presented Bishop
| William Bacon Stevens with q certificate Of
deposit of 5000. This was 4 mark Of
their esteem on the occasion Of the Bishops
completing the 95th year OF his prclacy.
Among the petitions and memorials pre-
scntcd to the United States Senate were
quite Il number praying for appropriations,
and in some cases asking the definite sum
Of ;;lU0, to enable the colored citizens To
c.uirratc to Liberia These petitions come